3. Conclusion

The development of a microsystem involves the design, dimensioning and manufacture of very small systems. These two steps require consideration of the reagents handled, the characterization technique, the unit operations to be combined on the lab-on-a-chip, and the connection with the macroscopic scale. The choice of material is based not only on compatibility with the reagents, but also on the material's transparency, pressure resistance and suitable microfabrication method.

These remarks, although general in nature, clearly demonstrate the multi-disciplinary skills required by microsystem designers to produce such components: chemists, materials engineers, electronics engineers, etc. In addition, modeling skills are needed to optimize the dimensioning of integrated functions and speed up prototyping. Once the microsystem has been developed, electronic and programming...